Trumpet Creeper (campsis radicans), from Kengi. Beautiful! Click for full size.

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From Kengi:

The partridge peas are blooming! I’ve been doing some reading up on them and they are so interesting. The stems that lead from the stalk to the leaves (which I now know is called a petiole) have nectaries on them which attract the pollinators. I always see ants and little flies crawling on them, and now I know why. They also have strange little nubs on the petioles which, it turns out, are the anthers normally found on the end of a stamen on other plant’s flowers. The yellow anthers produce reproductive pollen and the red anthers produce food pollen.

And there is a Cardinal in the flower (last photo). Click for full size.

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One of my favourite flowers, and the last one in this set? I want that beautiful flower to live forever. Thanks to Kengi for these. Click for full size.

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So very beautiful. From Kengi, click for full size.

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:D From Kengi. Oh, that coneflower! I want to reach out and touch it. Click for full size.

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Dwarf Dandelion from Kengi. Such little beauties! I’ve never seen these before. Click for full size.

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A Slender Dayflower (commelina erecta) from Kengi. Oh, that blue! Click for full size.

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From Lofty:

I had a botanist friend over who identified this bush in our garden as a Western Australian native, “Calothamnus graniticus”, normally found in sandy soils derived from granite. It grows well in our garden, it was here when we moved in 20 years ago.

So fuzzy! Click for full size.

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